DAY ONE: June 12
Welborn Hall and College of
Engineering |
| 8 a.m. |
Registration Open |
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| 8:30 a.m. |
Introductions |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Overview of Printing Processes |
Margaret Joyce |
| 10 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Print Demands on Coated Papers |
Margaret Joyce |
| 11 a.m. |
Tour Gravure and Flexo Pilot Plant |
Walk to Welborn Hall |
| Noon |
Lunch |
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| 1 p.m. |
Review of Coated Printed Grades |
Charles Klass |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Break |
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| 2:30 p.m. |
Print Defects and Testing |
Dave Smith |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Travel to Parkview
Engineering College |
| 3:45 p.m. |
Tour Offset Print Lab and Coating
Pilot Plant |
Margaret Joyce &
Joel Kendrick |
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DAY TWO: June 13
Parkview Seminar Room, College of Engineering |
| 8:00 a.m. |
Barrier Coatings |
Gordon Bugg,
EKA Chemicals |
| 9:00 a.m. |
Contour Coaters |
Charles Klass |
| 10:00 a.m. |
Break |
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| 10:15 a.m. |
Blade and Rod Coating |
Charles Klass |
| 11:00 a.m. |
Pond and Metered Size Press |
Margaret Joyce |
| 11:15 a.m. |
Drying |
Jim Rennes
Global Technologies Inc.
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| Noon |
Lunch |
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| 1:00 p.m. |
Calendering |
Mark Sorenson,
Andritz-Kusters Inc. |
| 3:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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| 6 p.m. |
Group Dinner |
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DAY THREE: June 14
Parkview Seminar Room, College of Engineering |
| 8 a.m. |
Pigments |
Bruce Nelson,
Omya Inc |
| 9:30 a.m. |
Break |
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| 9:45 a.m. |
Synthetic Binders |
Greg Welsch,
Stryon |
| 11 a.m. |
Natural Binders |
Randy Branston,
Cargil |
| Noon |
Lunch |
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| 1 p.m. |
Additives & Formulation
Principles |
Gordon Bugg,
EKA Chemicals
Inc. |
| 2:15 p.m. |
Coating Makedown |
Margaret Joyce |
| 2:45 p.m. |
Break |
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| 3:00 p.m. |
Offset print lab |
Dave Smith |
| 3:30 p.m. |
Coating Pilot Plant —CLC run |
Matthew Stoops & Margaret Joyce |
| 4:00 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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OPTIONAL DAY FOUR: June 15
Welborn Hall and College of Engineering
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| (additional fee) |
| 8 a.m. |
Flexo print paper |
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| 8:45 a.m. |
Travel to Engineering College |
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| 9 a.m. |
Hands on modules—four small
groups rotate labs: Analyze wet coating rheology, water retention, solids,
investigate dry coating structure and coated paper opticals, experience
printability testing methods. |
| Noon |
Lunch |
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| 1 p.m. |
Summarize data. Conclusions. |
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| 3:30 p.m. |
Adjourn |
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